Redgrave will play the formidable Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, mother of King John, in Scott's retelling of the Hood myth, which stars Russell Crowe as the Sheriff of Nottingham alongside Cate Blanchett as Maid Marian. The production has been beset by problems but shooting is scheduled to begin imminently.

Redgrave recently postponed a New York performance of the one-woman play The Year of Magical Thinking following the death of her daughter Natasha Richardson after a skiing accident. The stage show, adapted from Joan Didion's memoir chronicling the loss of her husband and daughter, has been rescheduled.